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Exploring barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in psychiatry to inform health policy: a focus
Karin Hannes1, Guido Pieters, Jo Goedhuys
1Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Belgian Branch of the Cochrane Collaboration, Kapucijnenvoer 33 blok J, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Karin.hannes@med.kuleuven.be
Abstract:
This study aims to explore the obstacles to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) experienced by Belgian Dutch-speaking psychiatrists. We used an inductive, qualitative research strategy. Thirty-nine psychiatrists participated in five focus groups organised between September 2004 and September 2006. Data-analysis was guided by a 'grounded theory approach'. Three major themes emerged from the data: (1) Characteristics of evidence, including the lack of (use of) evidence and the applicability of evidence; (2) Characteristics of other partners in mental health care, including government, patients and drug companies and (3) Discipline-related barriers, including the complexity of diagnoses, the importance of the therapeutic relationship and personal experience, and the different schools of thoughts. A problem tree was developed, linking all obstacles. Although context-specific, the problem tree can assist policy makers working in health care systems with similar characteristics in formulating objectives and developing strategies that facilitate EBP in the field of psychiatric care.
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